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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-12-24

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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-12-24

Martha had intended to be very digni-
fed and cold, and TO show that she did
not need the advice, assistance nor the
love Of any of the Hemphill family, after
the visit that Mrs. Hemphill had made,
anil remembering all that she had said;
but i'll the presence of Jabez all this heroic
resolution passed away like mist before
the sunshine, and instead Of her Gignified
reserve she put her two plump little hands
before her face and began to sob and cry.
OF course JabeZ was instantly dis
tressed to such an extent that he dropped
the dasher into the charn and sprang to
Martha's side; and there he knelt, and
wiped away her tears and smoothed the
curly tendrils of her hair; and before she
knew it his strong arm was around her
waist and he had kissed her.
In few minutes she recovered her
calm, but her dignity had flown. She
was only weak wonan after all, who
was striving to do her plain duty; and she
tried to free herself from the strong young
arms thai held her in so close and so COM
forting clasp; for, poor child, her father
was only week deadi
Don't, Js-5ez," was all she could say.
"And why not. Marties WHY shall I
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-12-24
Christmas.

AS concentrating the birth of the
founder of the Christian religion, it is
religious feast. But in the popular ap-
prehension its religious character has
been superseded by its social and char
table significance. 1t has become the
feast of good fellowship in the highest
sense-good fellowship with religious
sanction. Nominally it is the birthday of
the founder of Christianity. Practically
it is the day of St. Nicholas, the feast of
Santa Claus, the patron of all children
Harper's Weekly
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-12-24
The n1ummers of Scotland.

The mummers, guisers or guizards &C.
cupied prominent place in all Christmas
observances in the early history of Scot
land, and this form of Christmas amuse-
ment was evidently a survival from the
Roman Saturnalia. In 1877 there were
mummers on Christmas Eve in London.
Later masking, or ''mumming," was for
hidden by royal edict. An old piece Of
verse anent the mummers reads:
To shorten winters sadness,
See where the folks with gladness
Disguised are all a-coming,
Right wantonly a-rnumming,
Fa la.
~ Whilst youthful sports are lasting,
- To feasting turn out fasting.
With revels and with wassails,
Make grief and care our vassals,
e Fa la.
For youth it well beseemeth, "A
That pleasure he esteemerh,
ss And sullen age Is hated, ~
That mirth would have abated,
~ Fala
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-12-24
CHRISTMAS MORNING.

Keen blew the wind across the naked void,
Glmmered the snow fields white.
Aweary with longing, doubt and pain,
watched the silent night.
Ah me! Joy comes and goes, but grief remains;
My days shall comfort bring;
But hark Upon the frosty winter air
The Christmas chimings ring.
And, like guilty ghost at breath Of dawn,
My coward meanings fly;
Echoes again tn adoring song that woke
Beneath Judea's sky.
And sweeter, clearer, louder, chime on chime,
Ring out, 0. happy bells!
For every peal with jubilant refrain,
The wondrous tidings tells.
Louise Both Hendrikson.
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BRIGHTEST AND BEST.

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Dawn on our darkness and lend US thine aid;
Star of the east, the horizon adjoining,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid
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Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall.
Angels adore him in slumber reclining,
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-12-24

Among the English the mistletoe bougii
is always hung over the center Of the
room on Christmas Eve, and any damsel
who, either by chance or on purpose,
places herself beneath it has to pay the
penalty of being kissed by all the men
who are present.
OF course none IF the fair sex ever
places herself under the mistletoe With
malice aforethought.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-12-24
Names of the Months,

The Roman names of the Iconths, Is
settled by Augustus, have also been used
in all Christian countries excepting Hol-
land, where the following set Of names
prevails:
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-12-24
THE cHlLDREN's FRIEND.

"a BUNDLE OF TOYS HE HAD FLUNG ON
HIS BACK,
AND HE LOOKED LIKE PEDDLER JUST
OPENING HIS SACK"
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-14
Profit in Old COrkS.

Where do all the corks go? N)9 come ashore by the million. Those that are not thrown into the sea by improvi- dent barkeepers are used over again. The careful barkeeper saves his corks, one by one, until he accumulates bar relful, which he sells for $5 to men who select the good ones and dispose of them to bottlers. The bad ones are ground up to make linolcum. If not irrcdecm ably bad they are trimmed down aud ''made as good as new" for use in smal bottles or phials. Thcrc was time when walters pocketcd the corks pulled from bottles of costly foreign wine, and for 3 or cents apiece sold them to parties whose champagne vineyards arc in Avenue D or New Jersey; but something like safeguard has lately been thrown around the better class of foreign wines, and there is now not much demand for corks to do ssrsvolying" duty. New
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-14
The Origin of Opera.

The ancient Greeks and Romans had both tragedy and comedy, but no opera. The latter was introduced in 1900 in order to celebrate the nuptials of Henry W. and Maria De Medlci, and the play of 'Eurydice" was rendered by singers. Under the patronage of the court this combination became highly popular. In 1710 Italian opera was performed in London and was at once kecnly assailcd by those who opposed what they con- sidered foreign trash. In order to assist in ridiculing this innovation Gay wrote the "Beggars" opera, which had great run. Both Pope and Hogarth unite l in satirizing the Italian opera, but it held its place, and is now a permanent feature in the British stage. The Italian opera was introduced in America in 1926 by the Garcia and Malibran troupe, the first performance being tho "Barber of Sa- vile" ."- Troy Times.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-14
Stories of Cats.

A St. Louis cat with only three kit tens went out and brought n.two young rabbits, and few days later added a pair of young coons to her family.
 An engineer on the Wabash Railway, whose train has yet to meet It's first sc cident, attributes his good luck to aat that has been his constant companion in the cab for year.
 Dr. Snow of Danbury, Conn.,, has a cat and parrot that arc firm friends. The parrot escaped from the cage and flew out of the window, when the cat exhibited the greatest distress, and on the Doctor's return from call made plain to him by her actions what had happened.
 A cat belonging to a Boston family is used to travelling, being taken to the country every season when the family goes. This year she had kitten that she was anxious about, and as soon as the approaching immigration appeared she packed her little one into partially filled trunk lest it should be overlooked. II New York Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-14
An Effectual Treatment for Warts,

It is now fairly established, says writer in The Medical Press, that the common wart, which is so unsightly and often so proliferous on the hands and face, can be. easily removed by small doses of sulphate of magnesia taken in formally. M. Coirat, of Lyons, has drawn attention to this extraordinary fact. Several children treated with three-grain doses of Epson salts morning and even ing were promptly cured. M. Hubert cites the case of woman whose face was disfgured by these cxcrescen ces and who vas cured in a month by drachm and Q half of magnesia taken daily. Another medical man reports case of very large warts winch disappeared in g fortnight from the daily administration of ten grains of the salts.-l Medical Press
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-14
A Snake Farm.

The Omaha Herald is responsible for description of snake farm, which it says is situated at Galton, Ill. The farm it says, consists of forty acres of virgin
 prairie, owned by Col. Dan Slower, and is short distance from town. There arc thirty seven mounds of earth on the farm,
 prepared in such way that the snakes use them for nests, and there are about ten or twelve nests to the mound Tho Colonel says each nest turns out about a dozen rattlers each year, so that his stock is incr easing rapidly. He has a contract with Philadelphia patent med icine firm that is making rheumatism cure, and furnishes them with 25O snakes year at $2.25 each. No snake less that four feet long is accepted. Lest year 76S snakes were sold, his customers being scattered through number of cit
 ies. As much care is taken of the young snakes as if they were lambs. The new Fly matched snake, if not properly cared for by their mother they arc taken to the Colonel's home, located in ono cor ner of the lot, and there fed by the children who catch bugs for them about the garden and street. Sometimes tho eggs are matched out under the stove. A half dozen very large snakes with their fangs drawn are kept about the house as pets. They are excellent nous CTS, much better than cats, the Colonel says. The Colonel wanders about his farm, taking no other precaution against the reptiles than to wear pair of thick boots. When reporter called on him the Colonel complained that the neighbors did not
 come to visit him very often, and that
 his wife didn't like that very much, for she waa fond of company, but, on the whole, since there was plenty of money in the business they were we'll content.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-14
Pig and Kitten.

A correspondent writing to Nature from Pollokshields, Glasgow, says: My children and their governess, when stay ing in the north of Ireland lately wit messed the following curious display of feelings in animals not usually credited with feelings. A boar pig was ia the habit every morning of going to tho basket where blind kitten of about six weeks old was kept, allowing the little thing to creep on his back and then taking it about and caring for it during the day. The kitten got its food at the same time as the pig, and at the same trough. In the evening the mau who saw to the animals used to carry the kitten back to the basket to pass the night"
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-14
Only Eleven.

A New York gossiper says: The ob- tuse Englishman at dinner party is Larry Jerome's natural prey. With the utmost gravity he pumps him full of the most astonishing circumstances of his career as warrior, editor, hunter, fisherman, yachtsman, statesman, guide, philosoph4 and friend. 'I came of a large famfly' is his customary preface. "There were ten of us boys,' and each of us had sister,"
 ''Ah, indeed!' the obtuse Englishman remarks, ''twcnty of you"
 "No," says Uncle Larry, scornfully seleven."
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-14
Tho Vinegar Plant.

"The tough, leathery substance, com monly called 'mother,' which forms in vinegar" says Popular Science, Monthly, is one of the many fungi whose spores float in the air, settle as dust on exposed objects, and fall into exposed liquids, ready to grow into bulky plant when conditions favor. The exact position of the vinegar plant among fungi has not been settled. The plant develops while the vinegar is making; that is, while the percentage of acetic acid is increasing, and its presence tends to hasten the operation. It grows on the surface of the vinegar, and if not disturbed will cover the whole surface, conforming to the shape of the vessel"
 Manufacturers of vinegar get rid of the ''mother" as soon as possible. The pop ular notion that the presence of ''mother" shows that the vinegar is made of cider, and is of good quality, is not we'll founded. The vinegar plant ap- pears in vinegar made of molasses, and it is really as undesirable in vinegar as mould on bread. The little wriggling creatures that swarm in some vinegars have been credited by some uneducatcd persons with being the life of the vinc- gar. The fact is that their presence is in no way beneficial.
 These eels are developed in most fruits, and hence readily find their way into vinegar made from fruit juices. Vinegar which contains them must contain some mucilaginous or albuminous matter, or the eels would have no food, and could not exist. They need air, also, and they have been observed engaged in curious struggle with the vinegar plant at tho surface. The plant tends to prevent their obtaining the requisite supply of air, and the eels were seen combining their efforts to submerge it. They may be killed by heating the vinegar to 12s degrees, or by adding boracic acid. The presence of the vinegar plant, vinegar eels or other foreign substance is liable to induce putrefaction, especially if the vinegar is weak.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-14
A Bogus Army.

During the war with Spain last cen tury, when England carried the fighting into the Spanish possessions in South America, funny incident happened near Carthagena. This city was at- tackled in 1741 by the British fleet and amy, and ono night, after a furious bombardmcnt, Q regiment of soldiers was landed near one of the chief forts, the officer being ordered to watch tho foe, and to summon aid if the Spaniards threatened an attack9inssorce, Between ten and eleven o'clsisk hc sslt Word that four hundred of the enemy sys coming, but by tAe time that morssFoops had been gotready to assist him message arrived thnt the Spaniards had retired. Then the alarm was raised again, and again contradictcd, and so it lasted throughout the night, to the great fa- tigue of the men. The officer in con- mand at last grew tired of these move ments, and the next time message reached him he sent an officer with in- structlons to inquire into tho matter. The advanced guard then showed him what looked like body of men in white dresses the Spanish uniform) and wearing black hats. Suddenly they dis appeared. On further march forward they as suddenly came in sight again, and once moro vanished. The astonish- ment thus caused was tremendous; but the mystery was solved at daybreak. The source of all these alarms was found to be Q grove. of manchineel trees, whose bark is white. The Span- iards had cut them down to within five feet of the ground, and then burned the tops of the stumps, thus-. making them wear ''black hats" In the uncertain light of an often -cloudcd moon theso white tree stumps appeared and reap peared, aud quite upset the soldiers, as has been seen, with their peculiar be. havior. Little Folks.
Connecticut western news., 1887-09-14

The dog messenger corps for the Ger man army is being carefully trained just now by the Schwerin garrison. Swift and intelligent, dogs arc chosen, and arc taken out by the patrols regularly to the outposts, where pencil notes are tied to their collars, and the dogs arc despatched back to a givcp point. When any of the garrison are manGVvring at night the dogs accompany the advanced senti- ncls of the bivouac, and arc taught to watch for and bark violently at the faint est sign of any one approaching the camD